Meaning
Idolatry <1,,1495, eidololatria>
whence Eng., "idolatry," (from eidolon, and latreia, "service"), is found in 1Co 10:14, Gal 5:20, Col 3:5; and, in the plural, in 1Pe 4:3.
Heathen sacrifices were sacrificed to demons, 1Co 10:19; there was a dire reality in the cup and table of demons and in the involved communion with demons. In Rom 1:1-25, "idolatry," the sin of the mind against God (Eph 2:3), and immorality, sins of the flesh, are associated, and are traced to lack of the acknowledgment of God and of gratitude to Him. An "idolater" is a slave to the depraved ideas his idols represent, Gal 1:4-9; and thereby, to divers lusts, Tit 3:3 (see Notes on Thess. by Hogg and Vine, p. 44).
